Structured Summary
Abstract
Organic compounds containing the -CN radical. The concept is distinguished from CYANIDES, which denotes inorganic salts of HYDROGEN CYANIDE.
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- Acetonitriles
- Acrylonitrile
- Aminopropionitrile
- Amygdalin
- Anastrozole
- Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone
- Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone
- Citalopram
- Cyanoacrylates
- Escitalopram
- Fadrozole
- Letrozole
- o-Chlorobenzylidenemalonitrile
- Pregnenolone Carbonitrile
- Rilpivirine
- Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
- Tyrphostins
- Vildagliptin
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Nitrile
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
organic cpds having -CN radical: differentiate from CYANIDES which are inorganic with -CN
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History Note
68; was see under CYANIDES 1963-67
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Previous Indexing
- Cyanides (1966-1967)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Nitriles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009570. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009570
- Nitriles. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrile
- Nitriles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333936